DE.AE-02.293
Does your organization utilize log analysis tools to generate actionable reports from log data?
Explanation
Log analysis tools help organizations identify security incidents, system anomalies, and compliance issues by processing large volumes of log data into meaningful reports. These tools can detect patterns indicating potential security breaches, performance issues, or unusual user behaviors that might otherwise go unnoticed in raw logs.
Acceptable evidence would include screenshots of log analysis dashboards (with sensitive information redacted), sample reports generated by the tools, documentation of the log analysis solution architecture, or procedures describing how reports are generated and distributed to relevant stakeholders.
Implementation Example
Use log analysis tools to generate reports on their findings
ID: DE.AE-02.293
Context
- Function
- DE: DETECT
- Category
- DE.AE: Adverse Event Analysis
- Sub-Category
- Potentially adverse events are analyzed to better understand associated activities
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- Has your organization established and maintained a baseline of network operations and expected data flows for users and systems?
- Does your organization use SIEM or similar tools to continuously monitor log events for malicious and suspicious activity?
- Does your organization integrate current cyber threat intelligence feeds into your log analysis and monitoring tools?
- Does your organization conduct regular manual reviews of log events for systems that cannot be adequately monitored through automated means?
- Does your organization centralize log data by continuously transferring logs from multiple sources to a consolidated set of log servers?
- Does your organization implement event correlation technology (such as SIEM) to aggregate and analyze security events from multiple sources?
